(AI Translated) On September 20, 2021, Larios Sánchez was detained by eight police officers, who violently entered his home from different points, searching the premises without a judicial order. He was taken to the cells of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance known as “El Nuevo Chipote.” However, his whereabouts were unknown to his family until October 13, 2021. On September 24, 2021, the residence of Raity Larios, Larios’s daughter, was also searched as part of the investigative process against her father, and it remained besieged by police officers in civilian clothes. On January 22, 2022, pre‑trial detention was ordered for a period of 90 days, without access to a proper defense. On February 28, 2022, he was found guilty of “conspiring to commit acts undermining national integrity” and “spreading false news,” and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

In March 2022, he fell ill with COVID‑19 and did not receive adequate or specialized medical care. During his incarceration he received scant, low‑quality food rations, was not allowed outdoor time, and spent more than five months in punitive cells that were completely sealed, measuring 2 × 2 meters with a small window through which food was passed and a little air entered. The electric light remained on 24 hours a day; he slept on a cement slab on a thin, deteriorated mattress, without blankets or sheets to protect him from the cold at night, a situation that worsened his health.

In the first months leading up to his conviction, he was taken for daily interrogations by police agents.